BREAKING:China confirms 9 dead from corona virus and 440 infected

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    Two Sri Lankan crew members safe on board Diamond Princess, Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry announced today.



    :shocked: අපේ දෙන්නෙකුත් ඉදලා
     

    imhotep

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    If anyone can remember, I said that the Corona viruses can survive a long time on surfaces -depending on the relative humidity and the temperature. Wrote at that time that on currency notes it will survive for two days and there are recorded instances where SARS remained active for 28 days on surfaces with 4 deg C temperature.:yes:

    Here is a latest by CDC......on Corona viruses


    New Study Indicates How Long Coronaviruses Can Survive on a Surface

    If the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV (now also called COVID-19 virus) is anything like its family members, a new study suggests it could survive on inanimate objects for well over a week.

    According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it's "currently unclear if a person can get 2019-nCoV by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes."

    In fact, not a lot is known about the COVID-19 virus at all, so researchers are turning to similar coronaviruses, like SARS and MERS, for answers.

    Reviewing the literature on all available human and veterinary viruses within this family, encompassing 22 studies, researchers have found that the human pathogens can persist on surfaces and remain infectious at room temperature for up to nine days. (To put that in perspective, the measles virus can live on contaminated surfaces for up to two hours.)

    Granted, that's the upper end of a coronavirus lifespan, but on average, researchers say this family of viruses can survive between four and five days on various materials like aluminium, wood, paper, plastic and glass.

    Some of the veterinary coronaviruses - the ones that can only infect animals - could even persist for longer than 28 days.

    "Low temperature and high air humidity further increase their lifespan"
     

    dayt0na

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    If anyone can remember, I said that the Corona viruses can survive a long time on surfaces -depending on the relative humidity and the temperature. Wrote at that time that on currency notes it will survive for two days and there are recorded instances where SARS remained active for 28 days on surfaces with 4 deg C temperature.:yes:

    Here is a latest by CDC......on Corona viruses


    New Study Indicates How Long Coronaviruses Can Survive on a Surface

    If the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV (now also called COVID-19 virus) is anything like its family members, a new study suggests it could survive on inanimate objects for well over a week.

    According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it's "currently unclear if a person can get 2019-nCoV by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes."

    In fact, not a lot is known about the COVID-19 virus at all, so researchers are turning to similar coronaviruses, like SARS and MERS, for answers.

    Reviewing the literature on all available human and veterinary viruses within this family, encompassing 22 studies, researchers have found that the human pathogens can persist on surfaces and remain infectious at room temperature for up to nine days. (To put that in perspective, the measles virus can live on contaminated surfaces for up to two hours.)

    Granted, that's the upper end of a coronavirus lifespan, but on average, researchers say this family of viruses can survive between four and five days on various materials like aluminium, wood, paper, plastic and glass.

    Some of the veterinary coronaviruses - the ones that can only infect animals - could even persist for longer than 28 days.

    "Low temperature and high air humidity further increase their lifespan"

    So ebay parcels aren’t safe anymore? :rofl:
     

    imhotep

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    So ebay parcels aren’t safe anymore? :rofl:

    They take 10 days to arrive...So no great risk. This article says the possibility of survival of the virus. Most possibly it will not infect anyone even contaminated. Don't worry too much.
     

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    An Infected Emergency Room Nurse


    Li Ting was an emergency room nurse in Wuhan who kept fighting to CoV in the frontline. Unfortunately, she was infected with CoV. Her husband, Hai Tang, is one of the cameramen in the Wuhan division of Ergeng. He uses his camera to record the days he and his wife fight with CoV. He also would like to use the videos recorded to encourage all patients.



    please enable subtitle

    It has 14 episodes



    Episode 1



    Episode 2

     

    imhotep

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    කට්ටිය බය කරන්න නිව්ස් එක දාලා . :P
    දැං මෙහෙම කිව්වම හරිද :baffled:

    Hello my friend. What's wrong with it? The advice is from CDC. It wasn't meant to scare anyone. The purpose is awareness.
    Not all parcels are delivered by Ali Express in that time frame.. Often it takes many weeks.
    There's no harm in presenting facts based on research. Let each individual decide what he wants to do. We can't just hide from a virus. Carry on with your daily life. But do take some precautions.

    PS: Maybe I should also add that all the virus experts in this forum said without a host it lasts only 24 hours.
     
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    Hello my friend. What's wrong with it? The advice is from CDC. It wasn't meant to scare anyone. The purpose is awareness.
    Not all parcels are delivered by Ali Express in that time frame.. Often it takes many weeks.
    There's no harm in presenting facts based on research. Let each individual decide what he wants to do. We can't just hide from a virus. Carry on with your daily life. But do take some precautions.

    PS: Maybe I should also add all the virus experts in this forum said without a host it lasts only 24 hours.

    :baffled::lol:
     
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